Apparatus to break hens from setting.



E. 0. MARVIN.

APPARATUS T0 BREAK H ENS FROM SETTING.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23. [914.

- hmfiww A A Patented July 273-1915.

ERNEST 0.-1VIARVIN', OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

APPARATUS T BREAK HENS FROM SETTING.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 27,1915.

' Application filed November 23,1914. Serial No. 873,563.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. ERNEST O. MARVIN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus to Break Hens from Setting; and I do then abandon the nest and become a normal egg layer.

-With the above and other objects in view,

my invention consists of the apparatus illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective or diagrammatic view of the apparatus in position for use, and ,Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view showing the hollow nest eggs and the manner of connecting them to the short tubular section.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral. 1 designates a hens nest, and 2 are the nest eggs, said nest eggs being hollow and provided with nipples 3 at the opposite ends thereof. Connected to thenipples 3 at each end of the hollow egg is a rubber tube 4, said tubes being connected to the next adjacent egg 2, and any suitable number of said eggs may be used and placed in the nest 1.

Connected to one end egg of the series is a flexible hose or tube 5, which communicates with a cold water receptacle 6 mounted on a suitable shelf 7 above the nest. The opposite end egg 2 has connected to it an outlet tube or hose 8, the end of which discharges into a receptacle 9, and said discharge hose or tube 8 is provided with a suitable valve 10 which may be used to regulate the discharge of water into the receptacle 9. The nest eggs 2 may be made of any suitable material like porcelain, glass, or any material which will hold water.

When a hen is ready to set, her temperature is considerably above'the normal, and when sitting on the eggs 2, a constant circulation of cold water through said eggs will gradually lower her temperature until she isrelieved of the burning sensation and is then practically cured of the desire to set. Various changes may be madein the details of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims.

What is claimed is 1. An apparatus for breaking hens from setting, comprising a cold water tank, a tube leading from said tank, a plurality of. hollow nest eggs connected to said tube and connected together by flexible tubes, and a tube connected to one of the eggs leading to a discharge receptacle, and a regulating valve in said last mentioned tube.

2. An apparatus for preventing hens from setting, which comprises a series of hollow nest eggs connected together by suit able'tubing. a hose or tube leading from one of said eggs and communicating with acold water tank and a hose ortube leading from another egg in the series to a point of discharge and saidtube having means for regulating the discharge of water.

3. An apparatus ofthecharacter'described comprising a series of hollow nest eggs flexibly connected together by means of tubes, saidnest eggs provided each with a nipple at their ends to which the tubes are con-' nected, a cold water tank, a tube leading from sald tank to one of said eggs, and a discharge tube leading from one of the eggs- In testimony whereof I'afiix my signa ture in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST O. MARVIN.

Witnesses:

THOMAS A. OBRIEN, RAYMOND E. FRANCE. 

